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Truly Bone poems by Hilda Raz etchings by Karen Kunc Published with the Women's Studio Workshop (Rosedale, NY), Truly Bone is an artist's book which features four poems accompanying Kunc's layered prints. The images are etching, aquatint spit bite and drypoint from multiple copper plates using sixteen colors. The type is 11 pt. Romulus; the text paper is cream Italian Alcantara. The sheets are tipped together and onto a spine hinge adhering them at center to a paper cover wrapped in a wood-block printed pattern paper. 20 continuous accordion-folded pages. 7 3/4 h x 7 7/8 inches closed. 150 inches open. 50 copies. 1999. $500.00

This title is now out of print Mexican Gothic by Vinnie-Marie D'Ambrosio This is a colorfully narrative poem by New York poet Vinnie-Marie D'Ambrosio lavishly illustrated with complex and playful woodcut prints by Karen Kunc. Inspired by the real home of painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, this tale creates a rebirth of life through the grand feast day of death, el Diá de los Muertos. The book visually creates a life-size calavera for vertical display. Printed from 10 pt. Garamont light types and multi-color reduction woodcut on Frankfort cream paper, folded accordion style into a black paper slipcase. 4 x 8 inches folded, 10 feet x 8 inches open. 50 copies signed by the author. 1993. $300.00 out of print

First Night / Day Skies Two songs of creation from the South Sea Islands set in 12 pt. Cochin Light and printed with multi-color woodcuts on Nishinouchi paper. Sewn into black Granite hmp covers. Single words create a rhythm for the story of the beginning of time and the ceaseless change of seasons. Visual elements swell and play to create the mood of evolution. 12 pp. 8 x 5 inches. 20 copies. 1989. $500.00

Lore of Gold Excerpts from historical sources on the art of alchemy set in 9 pt. Garamont and printed with full-page multi-color woodcut illustrations on Okawara paper. Text and woodcuts alternate to create a vision and mystery surrounding the art of creation. Nature is animate within the medieval understanding and this contemporary imagery. Sewn into blue hmp covers. 12 pp. 6 x 9 inches. 20 copies. 1987. $450.00

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